Re: [Paddlewise] The only thing we have to fear is fear itself

So true Ralph.  I agree with your observations.  A contrast in caring and 
sharing vs. out right gluttony.   The paddle out for their meeting didn't 
help them much did it.  And they thought they were being set up for a 
romantic encounter when what they really did was show their shallow 
selfs.  Of course they are stuck on an island to win a cool million.  I 
suspect the hangovers lasted far longer than the pleasure of the food and 
the resentment that is sure to follow from their fellow tribe members.

As we say in Texas:  "Pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered!"  We will see 
how the "Goodwill? Ambassadors survive the remaining time.  Poorly I expect!


>I would thank my good fortune for being chosen one of the ambassadors
>and have a sizable slice of this Tom Jones feast.  But I could not in
>good conscious devour all the bounty without bearing in mind the other
>people back on the beach were not eating hardly anything.  I would have
>downed most of a bottle between me and the other person and carried the
>other three bottles back for the gang and, after getting a good helping
>of the food, taken back whatever food would not spoil.
>
>I have been on so many paddling trips where people have shared their own
>skimpy lunch with someone who forgot theirs.  Or shared some item of
>clothing or what water was left, etc.  What a difference in group
>dynamics and humanity.
>
>ralph diaz
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